rd
conjugation, which changes final -ere to -i:.
3. Give the active and passive present infinitives of /doceo\,
/sedeo\, /volo\, /curo\, /mitto\, /duco\, /munio\, /reperio\, /iacio\,
/rapio\.
_175._ The forms of the Present Imperative, active and passive, are as
follows:
ACTIVE[1] PASSIVE
CONJ. SINGULAR PLURAL SINGULAR PLURAL
I. a'ma: ama:'te ama:'re, ama:'mini:,
_be thou loved_ _be ye loved_
II. mo'ne: mone:'te mone:'re, mone:'mini:,
_be thou advised_ _be ye advised_
III. re'ge re'gite re'gere, regi'mini:,
_be thou ruled _ _be ye ruled_
ca'pe ca'pite ca'pere, capi'mini:,
_be thou taken_ _be ye taken_
IV. au'di: audi:'te audi:'re, audi:'mini:,
_be thou heard_ _be ye heard_
1. Observe that the second person singular of the present passive
imperative is like the present active infinitive, and that both
singular and plural are like the second person singular[2] and plural,
respectively, of the present passive indicative.
2. Give the present imperative, both active and passive, of the verbs
in Sec. 174.3.
[Footnote 1: For the sake of comparison the active is repeated from
Sec. 161.]
[Footnote 2: That is, using the personal ending -re. A form like
/ama:re\ may be either _indicative_, _infinitive_, or _imperative_.]
_176._ EXERCISES
First learn the special vocabulary, p. 289.
I. 1. Tum Perseus alis ad terras multas volabit. 2. Monstrum saevum per
aquas properat et mox agros nostros vastabit. 3. Si autem Cepheus ad
oraculum properabit, oraculum ita respondebit. 4. Quis telis Persei
superabitur? Multa monstra telis eius superabuntur. 5. Cum curis magnis
et lacrimis multis agricolae ex domiciliis caris aguntur. 6. Multa loca
vastabantur et multa oppida delebantur. 7. Monstrum est validum, tamen
superabitur. 8. Credesne semper verbis oraculi? Ego iis non semper
credam. 9. Parebitne Cepheus oraculo? Verba oraculi ei persuadebunt.
10. Si non fugiemus, oppidum capietur et oppidani necabuntur. 11. Vocate
pueros et narrate fabulam claram de monstro saevo.
II. 1. Fly thou, to be cared for, be ye sent, lead thou. 2. To lead, to
be led, be
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